Los Angeles

Filled with plants, books, thrifted finds, and meaningful art, Randi Burley's warm 1930s Los Angeles rental proves the best homes evolve slowly over time.

Los Angeles-based writer, comedian, and actor Christina Anthony turned a “small and simple” studio apartment into a “cozy, colorful, vintage, and dreamy home.”

See inside the stunning home of Katie and Cody, the duo behind popular IG account Highboy LA. They share oodles of interior inspiration with their vintage-filled 750-square-foot rental apartment.

From a DIY chic bathroom sink solution to a poured-on-site terrazzo kitchen counter, Gabriel Yuri totally transformed his 1,000-square-foot bungalow in Los Angeles’ Silver Lake neighborhood.

This illustrator's studio apartment is full of bold paint colors, handmade textiles, and a DIY pink velvet couch.

Ola’s biggest challenge in her 720-square-foot Los Angeles studio was making one big open space feel like it had distinct “rooms” — especially finding a place for a home office since she works from home.

Candace Reels is the founder of the digital community Female Collective, and lives in a 900-square-foot 1920s Los Feliz bungalow that’s styled with a warm color palette and vintage mid-century pieces found throughout the years.

It wasn’t love at first sight when these sisters found this rental home. But after filling it with seriously cool secondhand-sourced vintage finds, they love the place as if they own it!

With glimpses of both the Hollywood Sign and Griffith Observatory, this Melrose Hill rental apartment was the ultimate canvas for interior designer Lauren Talio.

Lindsay O’Brien’s 450-square-foot Los Angeles bungalow has a built-in bookcase instead of a solid bedroom wall, creating a spacious, open home that feels much larger than it actually is.

Hadley Campagna likes to use warm earthy tones in her Los Angeles house to give the space a “homey feel.” She pairs those warm earthy tones with well-loved pieces to make one seriously cozy rental.

This renovated 1952 house in the San Fernando Valley was transformed for around $100K, and hides two bold color surprises: a red and a green bathroom.

This 675-square-foot Los Angeles apartment is warm and moody, and proves even renters can have designer-level lighting.

A matcha bar, hidden projector, and the coolest closet/dining room: These two best friends have crafted a one-of-a-kind rental home in Los Angeles.

This 650-square-foot loft in Hancock Park demonstrates how “design can be both personal and practical without compromising aesthetics.”

Elijah Banks’ 800-square-foot studio apartment in Los Angeles might be a rental, but it's packed with personality, plants, and a giant green shag rug.

With just $5K and a creative vision, Keegan turned a cold, boxy studio in Echo Park into a warm, charming rental home.

Illustrator Danica Andler’s LA home has unmistakable Art Deco, Old Hollywood style, with original tiles, corbels, an ornate fireplace, and other one-of-a-kind details.

Kit and John love this apartment’s vaulted ceilings, French doors, and outdoor space (and more!) so much, they’ve rented it for 14 years.

"I took a sort of fearless approach to color — some rooms are drenched, like my living room, and some rooms are totally color-clashing like my office," Charlotte writes of her home's style, which is best described as "coastal Connecticut meets Austin Powers meets Topanga Canyon."

After the roller coaster of driving cross country to start their new life in LA., William and Kevan’s goal was to create a “collected, layered, laid back home through blending styles and design periods.”

TikToker Claire Randolph’s rental apartment has a fantastic 90-degree view of Los Angeles.

In studio apartments, you have to get creative when hosting!

Johnny LaZebnik painted each room of his North Hollywood home, as well as refinished a dresser, nightstands, and kitchen table. He built shelving, cleaned things found off the street, and repaired vintage furniture. “Several of the old lamps I've rewired myself, and I taught myself how to gild things with metal leaf.”

Professional skateboarder Nicole Hause and her girlfriend have made a gorgeous home in their 1950-era rental apartment.

The studio’s in an almost 100-year-old building in the heart of Hollywood and while only 485-square-feet big, is a "total dream: exposed brick, stunning windows that swing open, the original built-in 1920s vanity.”

This cinematographer’s 700-square-foot apartment stuns with brick details, warm paint colors, and a double drenched pink bedroom.

Juan De Anda “built shelves into the awkward spaces in walls, had custom storage seating made to measure, and even turned hinged doors into sliding barn doors.”

The large bay window and the flood of natural light immediately sold Emily and her partner, Andrew, on this 700-square-foot Los Angeles house.

This Arizona native lucked out with this rental dream spot: a 1920s Spanish duplex with a private patio, an avocado and lime tree, and an original fireplace mantel.

Ariana Govan has been renting this ADU in Los Angeles' Cheviot Hills neighborhood for six months. Originally from New York, she knew she was crafty enough to make the small space work.

The couple completely redid the kitchen, combined two of the bedrooms into one, opened up two main doorways, rehabbed floors, updated lighting and shelving, and added fresh paint.

The living room is giving bookshelf envy.

Lydia and Matt rent this Echo Park house for $3,600 a month and have packed it with color, art, plants, and personality.

Celebrity interior designer Francesca Grace describes her own home’s style as a “maximalist treasure trove,” an “antique lover’s dream,” and like “if a hotel was a home.”

Kylen Chen-Troester’s Hollywood rental apartment is filled with hip DIYs and renter friendly-ish upgrades.

Tour this 1940s rental that's full of charming quirks like crown molding and an ironing board that pops out of the wall.

See inside Katy Mae Turner's small Los Angeles studio apartment that she's made feel warm through colors like pink, orange, yellow, and cream, along with natural wood tones and warm lighting.

The biggest challenge for Mallory Wackerman was adding interest to a one-room, new-build white box of a studio apartment.

Designer Drew Michael Scott refreshed this plain, “white box” 290-square-foot studio apartment with secondhand finds and a DIY headboard.

Tour this rental on LA’s Westside that’s filled with DIY projects, cool vintage decor, and stunning retro architecture.

Margaret and Corey Bienert are the married couple behind the wildly popular social accounts “A Pretty Cool Hotel Tour” and authors of the brand-new book “Hotel Kitsch.”

The only thing that’s more stunning than the gorgeous mid-century modern details are the “killer” 180-degree hilltop views.

Tour a fashion designer’s home tucked away in a neighborhood in Glassell Park, which is filled with eclectic patterns.

Renter Kate Lambert picked a calming color for the bedroom and an energizing shade for the living area.

It’s a maximalist space with a “generous sprinkling of bohemian influences.”

Because Lili Pillet and her husband have moved so much, every single piece of furniture in their LA house has to be "affordable, practical, and possibly customizable (so I can change the color or the configuration to meet my needs)."

Brooke Abcarian is the the principal designer of Carian Design, and shares this 1200-square-foot house in Redondo Beach with her husband, Scott, and their two kids.

Rory Rockmore, celebrity jewelry designer by night, lives in this Los Angeles loft that’s “dedicated to any early ‘90s movie or sitcom with a ‘cool’ character who lived in a 'downtown' loft.”

Dorshelle Guillaume is a Haitian American fashion designer and says aesthetics, style, and ambiance are really important. "My home is very cozy, clean, and elevated and I love how everything works well together."

As a designer, collector, and artist, Darien Stokes was captivated by the unique architectural characteristics of this one-bedroom loft nestled off the bustling streets of West Hollywood, California.

The best decorating advice artist Ben Cuevas ever received came from Amy Sedaris. "...[S]he says that she viewed her rental deposit as her design fee — which I think is just brilliant. If you’re renting, but plan to stay put for a while and want to really make your space your own, consider your deposit the fee you pay for being able to live in a space you truly love and can call your own."

In the past five years since AT toured Puno and Daniel's home, the loft has maintained many of its enviable qualities like gorgeous light and super cool vibes. But there have been lots of updates, too.

Amanda's apartment in the Arts District of Los Angeles sits above an old factory. Her Japanese-inspired home is filled with a neutral palette that gives the space a clean and homey feel to allow conversations between friends to flow.